Foreign Affairs committee  There is a spectrum of force, and we have to find the correct balance point. There will be no ideal point, but rather the one that gives the best results. In some cases we've gone too far in the spectrum of force, and in many cases in its history the UN has not used enough force.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think that as we are now fighting it, it is a war against the Taliban. That's the way it's being perceived. What we have, right from September 11 when Bush made the statement about no difference between terrorists and those who harbour them, is a war against the Taliban, becaus

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I believe you have the right strategy. You build where you can build, and we should spend the billions in areas where they know they can be effective. In many cases that means developing the capacity that's there, and building capacity, not dependency. We have our basis in

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, very quickly. Use of satellites--we'll be launching very soon RADARSAT-2, which has unprecedented radar coverage day and night, in all weather, to look at movements on the ground, with three-metre resolution. We are now getting equipped with uninhabited aerial vehicles t

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, the UN should do more in Afghanistan, but they're hamstrung because all the major nations that can back the UN are now putting their resources into NATO. We're seeing a problem in that we're not getting the kind of support in the UN for attention on Afghanistan. They're basi

Foreign Affairs committee  Very quickly, since I'm a professor I love to correct factual points. Palestine was 1948. The UN did not vote against Sudan; it actually authorized the force for Sudan. It's the Sudanese government that's the problem. I don't think my colleague's cynical views of the motives of

Foreign Affairs committee  A civil society.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. First of all, I find myself alarmed that my colleague to the left put words in my mouth. I certainly didn't describe the Taliban in the words he used. I made the point that not all fighters are Taliban and that it's simplistic to view this war as just a fight against

Foreign Affairs committee  Don't put words in my mouth.

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, I thank you for having invited me to present my ideas to the committee. My friend and colleague, Douglas Bland, and myself have great respect for each other, but our approaches are different. I will offer you a constructively critical perspective. When I teach of